Russia and China are becoming increasingly integrated in the global economy and both have stepped up their activity sharply in Africa, Latin America and Asia in recent years, trends that […]
Read MoreAlthough Russia reaped much criticism recently for consolidating its energy sector under state control, its management of windfall oil revenues has been more politically and economically correct. The value of […]
Read MoreMoscow. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Russia’s IT sector, like much else in the country, is characterized by screaming contradictions. Russia has an advanced IT solutions industry, and it […]
Read MorePublished in Trendlline Russia, a series of sponsored supplements on the Russian economy commissioned by RIA-Novosti and published with the print editions of The Daily Telegraph (UK) and The Washington […]
Read MoreDuring his five-year tenure as prime minister in 1990s, Viktor Chernomyrdin frequently stated that Russia needed hundreds of billions of dollars to modernize its economy after decades of inadequate investment […]
Read MoreThe steadily improving relations between Russia and China reached a new high earlier this year when the two countries signed 29 bilateral agreements on energy, telecommunications, information technology, banking and […]
Read MoreDespite the infamous voucher privatization that took place in Russia during the 1990s, large swaths of the economy still remain in the hands of the state, with the government retaining […]
Read MoreThe steadily improving relations between Russia and China reached a new high earlier this year when the two countries signed 29 bilateral agreements on energy, telecommunications, IT, banking and money […]
Read MoreIan Pryde was the sole author of this 150-page guide Doing Business in Yemen.
Read MoreOne of the most fascinating aspects of Russian reform has always been the number of people advocating Western ideas as the way forward, without evaluating whether these ideas are effective […]
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